is an independent film production company established by writer/director Chris Tolley
We make intelligent, plot-driven films with an emphasis on concept, character and conflict
THE
STORY
Oxford, city of dreaming spires, jewel of the southeast.
Proud muse of Tolkien, Carroll, Hardy.
In 2015 a writer, an actor and a wrestler took to Oxford’s fair streets on a guerrilla film shoot and joined the ranks of the inspired.
Like the street sculpture they beheld that day, these men were gritty and dogged, determined to make their film despite their lack of money or experience.
They may have come from different backgrounds but from thenceforth, and forever more, they were Sand Dogs.
THE
PHILOSOPHY
Being a Sand Dog is all about having the patience to perfect your craft and the impatience to pursue your ambition, and our philosophy embraces this yin and yang duality as the governing force of the creative process.
We have the (sand) doggedness to get our films made because we know the only real hurdle to great filmmaking is a great script. And after eight years of full-time writing, we have the discipline to surmount that all important first hurdle.
Chris is a 2016 Bluecat Screenwriting Competition Semi-finalist. His screenplay Freewheeler was one of the top 65 scripts out of more 4,400 submissions and also one of four finalists for Bluecat’s Best British Screenplay award out of more than 400 UK entries.